SALLAM v. GILMORE

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

SHAMSIDDIN SALLAM, CIVIL ACTION Petitioner,

v.

ROBERT GILMORE, THE DISTRICT NO. 18-448 ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent.

O R D E R

AND NOW, this 23RD day of MARCH, 2020 upon careful and independent consideration of the pleadings and available state court records, and after review of the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge David R. Strawbridge, it is ORDERED that: 1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED 2. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DENIED AND DISMISSED; 3. A certificate of appealability SHALL NOT issue, in that the Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial o f a constitutional right nor demonstrated that reasonable jurists would debate the correctness of the procedural aspects of this ruling. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473,484 (2000); and The Clerk of the Court shall mark this case CLOSED for statistical purposes. BY THE COURT: /s/Wendy Beetlestone, J.

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